The Stop the Raids Coalition, a network of California sex worker organizations and individuals, of which US PROS is a part, organized a legislative push to oppose several recent California bills, including SB 1027, the bill to establish the California Street Prostitution … Continue reading
Category Archives: Sex Workers Speak Out
Oppose California SB 1027
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Dear California State Senate Public Safety Committee: We are writing in opposition to SB 1027, the California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force. First of all, we are very concerned that the composition of the proposed task force is … Continue reading
Rally for Repeal of new Loitering with Intent Law
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Español abajo Democratic Party State Convention Moscone Center 3rd/Howard, San Francisco Saturday, February 21, 11AM to 1 PM Join us in demanding that state elected officials repeal the “loitering with intent to purchase a commercial sex act” section of AB379 that was … Continue reading
US PROS letter to California Assembly Safety Committee opposing Assembly Bill 379
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April 25, 2025. We are writing to urgently ask you to oppose AB 379, the Survivor Support and Demand Reduction Act introduced by Assemblymember Maggy Krell. The language of this bill is based on misinformation and is vague and confusing. Most importantly, it … Continue reading
“Stand In” to Protest San Francisco’s High Tech Surveillance Cameras and the Criminalization of Poverty
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On December 15, 2024, US PROStitutes Collective and others held an action to protest the new high tech surveillance cameras in the Mission district. Protestors stood on the corner of Shotwell and 21st beside one tower where the cameras are … Continue reading
Action Alert Update: Bills reinstating loitering for prostitution as a crime have stalled in committee
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Due to public pressure, none of the three new California bills to re-criminalize loitering for prostitution, AB 2034, AB 2646 or SB 1219, have made it out of committee and are not now expected to pass, but we remain vigilant … Continue reading
Action Alert: Stop Criminalizing Sex Workers. Oppose bills making loitering for prostitution illegal again.
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Three new California bills, AB 2034, AB 2646 and SB 1219 aim to re-criminalize loitering for the purposes of prostitution. This is a very harmful move as criminalization undermines sex workers’ safety and puts them at greater risk of rape … Continue reading
Watch Hookers in the House of the Lord Event. Livestream. December 10, 2022
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Listen to KPFA Letters and Politics interview with Selma James. December 5, 2022
https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-december-5-2022/#playlist
Bay View – California repeals discriminatory loitering for prostitution law
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https://sfbayview.com/2022/07/california-repeals-discriminatory-loitering-for-prostitution-law/ July 26, 2022 by Rachel West, US PROStitutes Collective There is a wave of change in the US on the rights of sex workers and it is growing. A slew of laws challenging the criminalization of sex work are … Continue reading
From our sister group ECP: “Stop punishing sex worker mums by taking kids away, demand activists”
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Call to decriminalise sex work and support women in need rather than labelling them ‘unfit’ because of their work Lauren Crosby Medlicott25 July 2022, 2.06pm openDemocracy Every Wednesday, picketers meet outside the Central Family Court in London to protest against … Continue reading
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